I’m sure I’ve mentioned this before (and I’m hoping the magical automatic post recognition function at the end of this post proves that), but every semester, rain or shine, we take the Critical Thinking students of PHIL105 to Maungaika/North Head in Devonport for a field-trip devoted to the conspiracy theories of discarded ammunition, old Boeing [...]
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CCE – Conspiracy Theories and Critical Thinking
June 3rd, 2009 No Comments
[ 20 July, 2009; 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. 27 July, 2009; 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. 3 August, 2009; 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. 10 August, 2009; 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. 17 August, 2009; 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. 24 August, 2009; 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] It is that time of year again, the time of year where I advertise my Conspiracy Theories course to the world. If you’re rushing to enrol, then go here. If you are more circumspect, well, I’m not sure I can help you, although I can tell you that this year I propose to:
Cover both Dan [...]
Tags: CCE · Conspiracy Theories · critical thinking · Teaching
Over
February 12th, 2009 1 Comment
Well, the teaching component of my summer school class is now over; only the exam and then sweet sweet release for about a week. Then it’s back to teaching again.
In Semester One I am teaching up at the Med School again (thus ensuring that future medical professionals will be… well, who knows) and am engaging [...]
Tags: CCE · critical thinking · Teaching
Found on a website…
July 2nd, 2008 3 Comments
ARI has shipped 1.1 million books as part of the “Free Books for Teachers” program. So if the books have a lifespan of four to five years, then four to five million students are reading Ayn Rand’s novels in their English classes. By the end of the decade, over seven million kids will have read [...]
Tags: Courses · critical thinking · Fallacies
Books books books
May 12th, 2008 No Comments
Oh, the reading. I’ve currently got ‘The Hollow Men,’ ‘Oddzone’ and ‘Absolute Power’ on the go (and that’s just the Aotearoa Conspiracy Theory material).
Vicki Hyde’s ‘Oddzone‘ (New Holland, Auckland, 2006) is, for me, a mixed bag. I probably know just a little too much on the subjects it covers for this to be useful; I [...]
Tags: critical thinking · Review
